Airbus A350 in full fire – Five dead in plane collision at Tokyo airport – News




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  • A Japan Airlines passenger plane caught fire while landing at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport.
  • According to a spokesman for the airline concerned, there were 367 passengers on board. She and all crew members could have been evacuated.
  • According to the coast guard, one of its aircraft was involved in the accident. However, the exact process is still unclear.
  • Five people on board the Japanese Coast Guard plane were killed in the collision. The pilot is seriously injured.

According to eyewitnesses, an explosive fireball was seen. Flames and clouds of smoke continue to emerge from the plane. Meanwhile, the machine is fully on fire. Extinguishing work is in progress.

Live images from the Japanese television station TBS showed passengers exiting the plane via an emergency slide.

Lots of flight traffic to and from Tokyo-Haneda


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Tokyo Haneda is one of the Japanese capital’s two international airports and one of the busiest airports in the world. Accidents involving commercial aircraft are extremely rare in Japan. The most serious of them occurred in 1985, when a Japan Airlines plane crashed between Tokyo and Osaka, killing 520 people – one of the worst aviation disasters in the world.

Machine took off in northern Japan

According to media reports, the aircraft is said to be an Airbus A350-900. The machine is badly damaged. All passengers were brought to safety.

According to a spokesman for Japan Airlines, the plane with flight number 516 took off from New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido in northern Japan.

Airbus is burning

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The fire spreads and sets the Airbus ablaze.

IMAGO/Kyodo News

Coast Guard plane involved in accident

The passenger plane collided with a Japanese Coast Guard plane while landing at Tokyo airport, Japanese media reported, citing the Transport Ministry. The JAL plane with flight number 516 coming from Hokkaido in northern Japan caught fire on the runway and burned out completely. There were 367 passengers and 12 crew members on board. They were able to leave the JAL plane.

As the television station TBS reported, the coast guard plane wanted to bring material to the earthquake zone on the west coast of the country. At least 48 people have died in a series of earthquakes there since New Year’s Day. There was serious damage. The pilot of the plane was injured, it was said. The remaining five people on board died. All runways have been closed, the ministry said.


SRF 4 News, January 2nd, 2024, 11 a.m.;


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